Episodes

Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
April Fools Brain
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Tuesday Apr 01, 2014
Today is April fools.
We don’t need other people to play tricks on us; our minds do a great job of fooling us all on their own.
Unless you are amazing, you probably engage in magical thinking from time to time.
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Wednesday Mar 05, 2014
Does everything happen for a reason?
Wednesday Mar 05, 2014
Wednesday Mar 05, 2014
No.
Sometimes things just happen.

Granted, most things are subject to cause and effect, but not everything.
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Tuesday Feb 25, 2014
Compassionate Problem Solving
Tuesday Feb 25, 2014
Tuesday Feb 25, 2014
Compassion is the basis of almost all moral codes on the planet.

It helps us to judge some things as good and others as bad.
And when something is bad, we have a problem.
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2014
Rejection of Supernaturalism is a Practical Matter
Tuesday Jan 28, 2014
Tuesday Jan 28, 2014
Humanists reject supernaturalism.
Not on theological grounds, but on practical grounds.
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Tuesday Dec 17, 2013
Intellectually Lazy
Tuesday Dec 17, 2013
Tuesday Dec 17, 2013
When it comes to politics, if your attitude is a pox on both houses, you are intellectually lazy.
You are basically saying you are too lazy to pay attention to know who is telling the truth and who isn’t.
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